OAKS IN SCOTLAND. 



225 



Beitish Oak — continued. 



Present 



Circumference of 



Trunk at 



Any former 



recorded 



Measurements and 



Dates. 



1 foot. 



3 feet. 



5 feet. Date. 



At 1 



Foot. 



Ft. in. 



85 



90 



100 



103 



70 



60 



85 



60 

 70 



100 

 95 



84 



50 



80 



60 



Ft. in. 



40 



37 



50 



•20 



35 



25 



95 50 



30 



40 

 40 



35 

 40 



45 ' 12 



12 10 

 19 2 



24 



8 



Ft. iu. 



11 



25 



12 7 



13 2 



14 1 



17 5 

 15 10 



74 ' 12 13 7 



13 11 



19 8 

 24 



19 3 



23 



14 



31 17 8 



14 2 



Ft. in. 



S 11 

 11 5 



li" 9 



9 7 



8 11 



11 Si 



Ft.in- 



8 2 



9 11 

 11 2 

 11 6 



8 10 



8 10 



8 5 



10 8 



11 S 



16 



15 



f 



11 5 



12 2 



18 10 

 20 



16 3 



14 7 



15 



11 3 



At 3 



Feet. 



Ft. in. 



Ft.iB. 



sis 



g.r.i 



Ft. in. 



60 



11 



E,EAIAE,KS. 



These are remarkable in- 

 stances of successful plant- 

 ing, quite witliin the in- 

 fluence of the sea breeze, 

 the Firth of Forth being 

 not half a mile distant. 



(Is 9 ft. 8 in. at 9 ft. from 

 < ground. "NVide broad- 

 ( headed tree. 



(.Many more similarly sized 

 '( fine oaks here. 



(A very picturesque park 

 t tree. 



' Many more old oaks here of 

 simihir size and dimen- 

 sions. They suffered 

 severely in their young 

 wood of from one to four 

 years old by the winter' s 

 frost of 1879-80. 



(In avenue near Palmersgill 

 "( gate. 



In Bumfoot Holm. 



f The first is on the roadside 



north of old Castle, and 



) the second to the south- 



^ east of it. Noticed by Dr 



Walker in liis list, and 



referred to iu Keports. 



"The Blind Oak of Keir"— 

 tlie finest uak n umfries- 

 shire. Furtlior details arc 

 given iu this Kc])ort. 



(West side of road at "Doo- 



"il Cot KuoWf." 



close to Castle. 



(Girths 11 ft. at 15 ft. above 

 "^ ground. 



iMany other flue large .'speci-, 

 \ men trees here. 



